Life in the city and the countryside. My hometown (village). Transport

Choose the correct word. I hate the __________ noise in Moscow.

Choose the correct word. You are _________ when you miss home.

Choose the correct word. Everything is _________ at hand in big cities.

Choose the correct word. Public transport is __________ in my town.

Fill in the gaps with from or in. There are lot of books to choose __________in this library.

Fill in the gaps with into or after. The police are running ________a burglar.

Fill in the gaps with of or about. He’s crazy_______________urban art.

Fill in the gaps with on or out. Many young people hang ________at shopping centres at weekends in big cities.

Read the text and mark the statements True (T), False (F) or Not Stated (NS). Blagoveshchensk is my native town The town of Blagoveshchensk is located at the confluence of the Amur and Zeya Rivers, opposite to the Chinese city of Heihe. The early residents of both sides of the Amur in the region of today's Blagoveshchensk were the Daurs and Duchers . An early settlement in the area of today's Blagoveshchensk was the Ducher town currently known to the archaeologists as the Grodekovo site, after the nearby village of Grodekovo. The town became capital of the Amur Oblast in the Soviet Union in 1932. There are many buildings in Blagoveshchensk, built hundreds of years ago. They’ve been reconstructed and are now in use. The triumphal arch was erected in Blagoveshchensk to welcome Crown Prince Nicholas in 1891, when he visited the town during his grand tour of Asia. When the New Year is coming, the Lenin Square becomes decorated with beautiful sculptures of ice and snow. It’s also worth visiting Blagoveshchensk in summer - everything is green, flowers are in blossom. By the way, our town is considered to be one of the most “green” ones. It’s really great to have an evening walk around the town. Sparkling lights of neon commercials and lanterns will absolutely attract your attention. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the town's economic focus has turned to border trade with China, the town is now home to a large Chinese expatriate community. Blagoveshchensk is a modern town with industrial enterprises, higher and secondary educational institutions, professional schools, theatres, museums, well-groomed streets and squares, public gardens and parks. Blagoveshchensk was always and still remains one of the largest industrial and cultural centres of the Far East.

Read the text and fill in the gaps. Humans have always been searching for quicker and easier to get around. About 10,000 years ago, we built made from logs of wood, while on land we domesticated and started riding around 4,000 BC. Roughly 500 years later, we invented the , which led to carts and wagons, and at almost the same time, the Egyptians invented the sailing boat. Up until the 18th century most people travelled by sailing boat, horse or stagecoach, but in 1769, there was a major when the Scottish inventor James Watt invented the . In 1783, the French inventor Claude de Jouffroy used this technology to build the first steamboat, and in 1804 the Englishman Richard Trevithick constructed the first steam-powered train. Railways helped carry coal around Britain and were an important part of the Industrial Revolution. Another major breakthrough came when Kari Benz built the first working car in 1885. Then, in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright built the first aeroplane. These two inventions shaped the 20th century. Over time, cars and plane travel became so that by the 70s a lot of families owned a car and many were holidaying abroad.